Ex-Player George Baldock - RIP

[carefreeoufc]

Agree, PRB did excellently to lead in to it. My only thought beforehand was that perhaps a minutes applause would have been more fitting. I recognise and understand the gesture though.

 

[Village-Yellow]

Agree, PRB did excellently to lead in to it. My only thought beforehand was that perhaps a minutes applause would have been more fitting. I recognise and understand the gesture though.

I’m sure the applause will come against Sheffield United at home.

Can’t imagine it not happening.

That would also work beautifully with the prospect of a surfer too.

 

[Stranger]

Agree, PRB did excellently to lead in to it. My only thought beforehand was that perhaps a minutes applause would have been more fitting. I recognise and understand the gesture though.

Absolutely not. Silence is much more respectful and befitting of the club's relationship with George. Reserve the applause for minor celebrities like the Queen Mother and cherished supporters like Womble

 

[Eric Blair]

Agree, PRB did excellently to lead in to it. My only thought beforehand was that perhaps a minutes applause would have been more fitting. I recognise and understand the gesture though.

Yep, I get what you are saying. Personally I prefer a minutes silence because it has so much power with thousands of people together but silent. But I understand that many people prefer celebrating the life through applause. The other thing, and I say this as a dad to an autistic son, there will be some neurodiverse fans (particularly younger kids) who will really struggle with a minutes silence and shout out. In my experience when this happens the vast majority of people get it and understand but worth remembering that. Anyway, that fact is all of us supporters - however we want to acknowledge it - were united in our respect for George and our empathy for his family. It was a powerful but sad moment.

 

[Belgium Yellow]

Absolutely not. Silence is much more respectful and befitting of the club's relationship with George. Reserve the applause for minor celebrities like the Queen Mother and cherished supporters like Womble

Read the Sheffield United forum and they wish they'd done what we did.

 

[Northstandboy]

Read the Sheffield United forum and they wish they'd done what we did.

Can you link it?

They were away at Leeds though, maybe will do something at their place.

 

[Belgium Yellow]

Can you link it?

They were away at Leeds though, maybe will do something at their place.

George Baldock RIP

The wreath laying was really obvious in the away end? It was literally right infront of us, and I could see if from the second-to-last row I was towards the back at the right hand side and was only aware of the wreath laying when I saw it on tv later

www.s24su.com

 

[Jster]

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

His funeral was today.

Dele Alli and Dean Henderson lead mourners at funeral of tragic George Baldock

DELE ALLI and Dean Henderson have joined mourners at the funeral of George Baldock. The former Sheffield United defender was found dead in the swimming pool of his Athens home on October 9. Baldock…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[Left Wing Cross]

Some people just can't stop themselves being cruel:

Investigation over 'abhorrent' George Baldock image at match

Sheffield Wednesday fan holds up sign saying 'Where's Baldock?' during match with Sheffield United.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Wandering Yellow]

Some people just can't stop themselves being cruel:

Investigation over 'abhorrent' George Baldock image at match

Sheffield Wednesday fan holds up sign saying 'Where's Baldock?' during match with Sheffield United.

www.bbc.co.uk

It's hard to get in side the mind of someone who would consider that "banter". Something is not right in your life if you think that is an even remotely normal thing to do at a football match.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

It was a Sheffield Wednesday fan who was arrested over the same thing to do with little Bradley Lowery. It seems they have their fair share of brain dead wankers.

 

[OUFCGav]

It's hard to get in side the mind of someone who would consider that "banter". Something is not right in your life if you think that is an even remotely normal thing to do at a football match.

just edit that - "Something is not right in your life if you think that is an even remotely normal thing to do at any situation or time"

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

It's hard to get in side the mind of someone who would consider that "banter". Something is not right in your life if you think that is an even remotely normal thing to do at a football match.

I think it’s a form of weakness and low self-esteem.

You’re so desperate to have an impact on the world, on other people - any impact whatsoever - that if you can make people upset and hurt them then you at least register, you matter in some way. You’ve affected something.

I think it’s similarity one of the reasons why people bully others in life or troll people online - again, it gives them a sense of power, and of impact, of mattering. Doesn’t matter that it’s a negative, if it registers. Sense of power which they don’t get any other way.

That’s my theory anyway.

 

[Wandering Yellow]

It was a Sheffield Wednesday fan who was arrested over the same thing to do with little Bradley Lowery. It seems they have their fair share of brain dead wankers.

I'm not tarring all Wednesday fans with the same Brush but it was also them who made some shocking comments after a West Brom fan collapsed and died in the away end. Leading I believe to one or two arrests.

Every club has it's idiots, but Wednesday has more than its fair share it seems.

 

[Wandering Yellow]

I think it’s a form of weakness and low self-esteem.

You’re so desperate to have an impact on the world, on other people - any impact whatsoever - that if you can make people upset and hurt them then you at least register, you matter in some way. You’ve affected something.

I think it’s similarity one of the reasons why people bully others in life or troll people online - again, it gives them a sense of power, and of impact, of mattering. Doesn’t matter that it’s a negative, if it registers. Sense of power which they don’t get any other way.

That’s my theory anyway.

I'm sure you are probably right. I almost feel sorry for the idiot who did it. It absolutely must be something to do with low self esteem, no normal human being would do something like that.

I'm all for banter at football and anyone who sees my posts on here knows I am not "woke", but every sensible human being knows there is a line you just do not cross.

 

[Marked Ox]

He has been identified by other Sheff Wed fans on social media. The club are talking to the Police about the situation.

 

[notThisWayButThat]

I think it’s a form of weakness and low self-esteem.

You’re so desperate to have an impact on the world, on other people - any impact whatsoever - that if you can make people upset and hurt them then you at least register, you matter in some way. You’ve affected something.

I think it’s similarity one of the reasons why people bully others in life or troll people online - again, it gives them a sense of power, and of impact, of mattering. Doesn’t matter that it’s a negative, if it registers. Sense of power which they don’t get any other way.

That’s my theory anyway.

Not enough 'attaboy''s from his parents when growing up. Next step, pond scum.

 

[Grumpy Git]

It was a Sheffield Wednesday fan who was arrested over the same thing to do with little Bradley Lowery. It seems they have their fair share of brain dead wankers.

I hope he’s found by United supporters and they explain how upset they are.

 

[ScottOx]

Some people just can't stop themselves being cruel:

Investigation over 'abhorrent' George Baldock image at match

Sheffield Wednesday fan holds up sign saying 'Where's Baldock?' during match with Sheffield United.

www.bbc.co.uk

Genuinely don’t understand what this “fan” is trying to achieve. What an idiot.